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Mar 15

Switcheroo

By Salt Lake Magazine Eat & Drink

If the new Alamexo Mexican Kitchen and Alamexo Cantina drink menus look familiar, that’s because they should—the menus were designed to evoke familiarity for customers and create an entry point for the average drinker for tequila and mezcal.

Take, for instance, the Medicina Botanica—Espolón reposado, ginger agave, lemon and a Wahaka Mezcal float. Alamexo Mexican Kitchen’s General Manager, Dan Creagh says this is a fresh take on a Scotch Penicillin Cocktail. “You get the ginger and honey as well as the lemon juice,” he says—but the substitution of mezcal for Scotch is intentional. “Wahaka gives it that smoky Scotch flavor,” explains.

The menu also has Mexican favorites with slight twists: a paloma made with grapefruit juice rather than grapefruit soda and an Espolón blanco low-rider with a Grand Marnier float, for example. And as always, the house margarita can be made with any of the tequilas on the menu—which there are plenty to choose from.

“We’re trying to help people push their way into Mexican drink culture,” says Creagh. As people become more familiar with mezcal, the liquor’s presence on Alamexo’s menu is expected to grow. “People’s knowledge of mezcal—not just in Utah but slowly across America—is increasing.” As a result, he says, “We’re seeing a lot more than just gold and silver tequilas out there.”

Alamexo Cantina: 1059 E. 900 South, SLC, 801-658-5859,

Alamexo Mexican Kitchen: 268 State St., #110, SLC, 801-779-4747

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Mar 02

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Easy-Peasy Kitchen

By Salt Lake Magazine Eat & Drink

Crisp Paring Knives

Prepping food never looked so good. Form, function and healthy-eating intersect with Crisp’s new collection of fruit and vegetable cooking tools.

Harmon’s Grocery at Emigration Market, SLC, $10/each

E-cloth

Nope, this isn’t an app. This “e” refers to the “charge” these microfiber cloths get when wet that attracts particles of dirt, grease, grime, even bacteria and mold.

Bosch Kitchen Center, Sandy, $9

Food Huggers

Finally, a way to save the other half of a pepper or tomato without bulky storage containers or environmentally-unfriendly baggies.

Sur La Table at Fashion Place, Murray, $10/ set of 4.

Wide Spatula

The deep oar of this spatula takes the work out of scooping. The steel-and-silicone pair offers both rigidity and flexibility.

Bosch Kitchen Center, Sandy, $9/each

Butterie

Store your butter up to three weeks at room temperature without refrigeration inside this BPA-free silicone butter dish. Smooth like buttah.

Bosch Kitchen Center, Sandy, $13

Avocado Hugger

Answering every avo-obsessed eater’s lifelong question, “How do I keep it from browning?”

Williams Sonoma at Trolley Square, $8/set of 2

Zavor Lux Multi-Cooker

America’s Test Kitchen and Good Housekeeping stamp their seal of approval on the Zavor because it’s a slow cooker, rice cooker, yogurt maker and veggie steamer. Beat that, Instant Pot.

Bosch Kitchen Center, Sandy, $200 for 8 quart

Feb 15

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Nice Ice | Utah Grizzlies Suit Up

By Salt Lake Magazine Community

Unlike those in the midwest, Utahns don’t always think of winter as hockey season. It’s inside and it’s a team sport—many of us go it alone in the great outdoors for our winter pursuits. But, we do have a hometown hockey team, and the Utah Grizzlies have made it to the playoffs in their league for 10 of the last 11 seasons.

We asked players and coaches to suit up, with help from the folks at Tailor Cooperative, to create a new look to match their new team affiliation—this season is their first with the Colorado Avalanche.

Taylor Richart • Defenseman

Burgundy tweed suit ($795); Tailored cotton shirt ($120); Silk necktie ($70) Tailor Cooperative

Height: 5’10” | Birth Date: 02/15/92
Weight: 180 | Birth Place: Blaine, MN

Career Highlights

2012-2013: NCAA (CCHA) Reg. Season Champion
2014-2015: NCAA (NCHC) Champion
2017-2018: ECHL Most Goals by Defenseman (17)

Tim Branham • Head Coach/GM

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Branham has been the Head Coach/General Manager of Utah since 2013. He has compiled a record of 178-136-45 over five seasons, leading the Grizzlies to four playoff appearances. A native of Eagle River, Wisconsin, Branham played 284 professional games in the ECHL and AHL during his playing career from 2002-2010. Since 2003, Branham owns and operates Branham Hockey Camps in Wisconsin. The school, for youth hockey players, has multiple locations in the Midwest.

Ryan Kinasewich • Assistant Coach

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Kinasewich is in his second season as the Grizzlies Assistant Coach. The 35-year-old played for the team from 2005-2010 and is the Grizzlies’ all-time leading scorer with 159 goals and 200 assists for 359 points in 239 games. He served as Utah’s captain from 2008-2010 and set an all-time team record with six points in a game with one goal and five assists against Phoenix. Kinasewich also leads Utah in game-winning goals with 19, 1,208 shots and 47 power-play goals.

Brendan Harms • Forward

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Height: 6’ | Birth Date: 12/02/94
Weight: 183 | Birth Place: Steinbach, MB

Career Highlights

2011-2012: MJHL Champion
2012-2013: USHL – USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game Selection
2014-2015: NCAA (WCHA) Third All-Star Team
2015-2016: NCAA (WCHA) All-Academic Team
2016-2017: NCAA Lowes Senior Class All-Americans 1st Team (Winner)

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Feb 12

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Refugee Blues: Students Sign Up as SLCPD Cadets

By Salt Lake Magazine City Watch

Isha Shire wants to be a cop. “Yeah, you risk your life and everything,” says the 19-year-old Somalian Bantu refugee, “but you help so much.”When Shire told her parents she had joined the Salt Lake City Police Department’s Explorers—a program for teenagers interested in law enforcement as a career—they were upset. Refugees are often afraid of cops, having fled traumatic violence by uniformed men in their home countries. Most in their social circle said she shouldn’t do it. “The community really didn’t like it at first,” says her mother Deynaba Alagaba, for whom Shire translated. “They said she was going to die, that she was too small to be a cop.”

It also didn’t go down well with some of her contemporaries. The first time she posted online pictures of herself in uniform, some, among them relatives, asked her, “‘You would kill your own people?’”

One youth who claimed to be a 20-year-old refugee who had done jail time, shared his disgust with her on Snapchat. “But ur a pig bruh like how do u expect people to feel about u fukin up peoples live n shi. [sic]”

She remains undeterred. “At the end of the day, you do you,” she says. “You go for what you really want.”

Shire is one of only two refugee youth enrolled among the 51 cadets, who meet every Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m. at Salt Lake’s Public Safety building for a mix of exercise, drills and lessons in the various disciplines that make up law enforcement. Why they are so badly needed is apparent in refugees’ stories, including that of Shire’s own parents.

Deynaba Alagaba and Hussein Osman met in a Kenyan refugee camp in the early 1990s. Both walked for days to get there from Somalia to escape a country sinking into violence and conflict. In the process, they buried loved ones who didn’t survive the journey. A decade later, a refugee group brought the then seven-member family to Utah, after a bewildering night in a two-bed New York hotel room when they all slept on the floor.

“They would always hear America is the land of freedom,” Shire translates as her parents speak in the West Valley City house the family of 10 has called home for 12 years. “They wanted their kids to be educated, they wanted us to get better jobs than they had.”

When they saw the police, with their guns and batons, “They were really scared,” Shire says. In Somalia and Kenya the police had often been corrupt. “If someone has power, they have the right to take away your rights,” Alagaba says.

There are 65,000 refugees in Utah, most concentrated in the Salt Lake valley, including South Salt Lake, West Valley, Taylorsville and Midvale. For cops, the challenge of policing refugees is negotiating language and cultural differences. Local police departments put together presentations for newly arrived refugees about the actions that can surge a cop’s adrenaline, or, as SLCPD refugee liaison Det. Rob Ungricht calls it The Basics. “Like if you get pulled over, show us your hands, don’t be putting them in your pockets.”

One refugee who saw a cop’s flashing lights behind him, stepped on the gas, recalls Asha Parek, the head of Utah’s Refugee Services. In his country, flashing light meant speed to get out of the way of a motorcade. In Utah that got him arrested after a high-speed chase.

At the same time, cops need to understand that a refugee’s behavior is rooted in cultural customs.

In Somalia, you look at the ground out of respect when talking to the authorities. Cops in Utah think you’re lying.

Somalians talk with their hands. That tells an agitated officer you might be violent.

Several social workers, speaking anonymously because they didn’t have permission from their supervisors to talk to media, painted a more troubling picture. They estimated that 80 percent of recently arrived refugee youth end up in the justice system, and social isolation is the root cause. Speaking little English, refugees are easy prey for gang recruitment. They are often set up to take the fall for crimes planned by other gang members. They’re told to go to a store to steal, or get sent into a house to burglarize while the gang is on “look-out,” but the others disappear when the refugee child triggers an alarm. With threats of violence if they inform, the resulting criminal record can prove a barrier to employment and a green card.Parek says refugee interactions with the criminal justice system is a tiny part of all the good stories that can be found at the Refugee Service Center. While she notes an anecdotal uptick in recent years in complaints from Utah refugees about abuse and harassment, she laments the lack of statistics.

“Nobody tracks these incidences based on refugee status,” she says.

Feb 08

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Chic Cozy Throws For Chilly Weather

By Salt Lake Magazine Lifestyle

Throws. This fall you could pull that tired old blanket off the closet shelf. Or you can welcome the season—and beat its chill—with a chic, cozy throw. We’ve arranged some stylish options in a something-for-every-decor.

This article appeared in the Sept-Oct 2018 Edition of Salt Lake magazine. Read more.

Feb 05

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Sundance 2019: And the Winners Are…

By Salt Lake Magazine Film, Sundance

After 10 days and 121 feature films, the 2019 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony took place presenting 28 prizes for feature filmmaking. “Supporting artists and their stories has been at the core of Sundance Institute’s mission from the very beginning,” said Sundance Institute President and Founder Robert Redford. “At this critical moment, it’s more necessary than ever to support independent voices, to watch and listen to the stories they tell.”

The awards ceremony marked the culmination of the 2019 Festival, where 121 feature-length and 73 short films — selected from 14,259 submissions — were showcased in Park City, Salt Lake City and Sundance, alongside work in the new Indie Episodic category, panels, music and New Frontier.

2019 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE FILM AWARDS

A still from One Child Nation by Jialing Zhang and Nanfu Wang, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition an at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Nanfu Wang

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Rachel Grady to: Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, for One Child Nation / China, U.S.A. (Directors: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Producers: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang, Julie Goldman, Christoph Jörg, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn) — After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China’s one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment.

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented by Damien Chazelle to: Chinonye Chukwu, for Clemency / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Chinonye Chukwu, Producers: Bronwyn Cornelius, Julian Cautherley, Peter Wong, Timur Bekbosunov) — Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill. Cast: Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Richard Schiff, Wendell Pierce, Richard Gunn, Danielle Brooks.

The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Verena Paravel to: Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov, for Honeyland / Macedonia (Directors: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska, Producer: Atanas Georgiev) — When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

Tom Burke and Honor Swinton Byrne appear in The Souvenir by Joanna Hogg, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Agatha A. Nitecka.

The World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented by Jane Campion to: Joanna Hogg, for The Souvenir / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Joanna Hogg, Producers: Luke Schiller, Joanna Hogg) — A shy film student begins finding her voice as an artist while navigating a turbulent courtship with a charismatic but untrustworthy man. She defies her protective mother and concerned friends as she slips deeper and deeper into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship which comes dangerously close to destroying her dreams. Cast: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton.

The Audience Award: U.S. Documentary, Presented by Acura was presented by Mark Duplass to: Knock Down the House / U.S.A. (Director: Rachel Lears, Producers: Sarah Olson, Robin Blotnick, Rachel Lears) — A young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri build a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. One of their races will become the most shocking political upset in recent American history. Cast: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

The Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic, Presented by Acura was presented by Paul Downs Colaizzo to: Brittany Runs A Marathon / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Paul Downs Colaizzo, Producers: Matthew Plouffe, Tobey Maguire, Margot Hand) — A woman living in New York takes control of her life – one city block at a time. Cast:Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery, Micah Stock, Alice Lee.

The Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary was presented by Ray Romano to: Sea of Shadows / Austria (Director: Richard Ladkani, Producers: Walter Koehler, Wolfgang Knoepfler) —The vaquita, the world’s smallest whale, is near extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexican cartels and Chinese mafia, who harvest the swim bladder of the totoaba fish, the “cocaine of the sea.” Environmental activists, Mexican navy and undercover investigators are fighting back against this illegal multimillion-dollar business.

The Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic was presented by Mark Duplass to: Queen of Hearts / Denmark (Director: May el-Toukhy, Screenwriters: Maren Louise Käehne, May el-Toukhy, Producers: Caroline Blanco, René Ezra) — A woman jeopardizes both her career and her family when she seduces her teenage stepson and is forced to make an irreversible decision with fatal consequences. Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Gustav Lindh, Magnus Krepper.

The Audience Award: NEXT, Presented by Adobe was presented by Danielle Macdonald to: The Infiltrators / U.S.A. (Directors: Alex Rivera, Cristina Ibarra, Screenwriters: Alex Rivera, Aldo Velasco, Producers: Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera, Darren Dean) — A rag-tag group of undocumented youth – Dreamers – deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center. Cast: Maynor Alvarado, Manuel Uriza, Chelsea Rendon, Juan Gabriel Pareja, Vik Sahay.

The Directing Award: U.S. Documentary was presented by Yance Ford to: Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, for American Factory / U.S.A. (Directors: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Producers: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Jeff Reichert, Julie Parker Benello) — In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.

The Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented by Desiree Akhavan to: Joe Talbot, for The Last Black Man in San Francisco / U.S.A. (Director: Joe Talbot, Screenwriters: Joe Talbot, Rob Richert, Producers: Khaliah Neal, Joe Talbot, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh) — Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind.

The Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary was presented by Maite Alberdi to: Mads Brügger, for Cold Case Hammarskjöld / Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium (Director: Mads Brügger, Producers: Peter Engel, Andreas Rocksén, Bjarte M. Tveit) — Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Bjorkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjold. As their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

The Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic was presented by Ciro Guerra to: Lucía Garibaldi, for The Sharks / Uruguay, Argentina, Spain (Director and screenwriter: Lucía Garibaldi, Producers: Pancho Magnou Arnábal, Isabel García) — While a rumor about the presence of sharks in a small beach town distracts residents, 15-year-old Rosina begins to feel an instinct to shorten the distance between her body and Joselo’s. Cast: Romina Bentancur, Federico Morosini, Fabián Arenillas, Valeria Lois, Antonella Aquistapache.

The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented by Phyllis Nagy to: Pippa Bianco, for Share / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Pippa Bianco, Producers: Carly Hugo, Tyler Byrne, Matt Parker) — After discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember, sixteen-year-old Mandy must try to figure out what happened and how to navigate the escalating fallout. Cast: Rhianne Barreto, Charlie Plummer, Poorna Jagannathan, J.C. MacKenzie, Nick Galitzine, Lovie Simone.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Moral Urgency was presented by Alissa Wilkinson to: Jacqueline Olive, for Always in Season / U.S.A. (Director: Jacqueline Olive, Producers: Jacqueline Olive, Jessica Devaney) — When 17-year-old Lennon Lacy is found hanging from a swing set in rural North Carolina in 2014, his mother’s search for justice and reconciliation begins as the trauma of more than a century of lynching African Americans bleeds into the present.

Read our review of Always in Season Film Review.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Emerging Filmmaker was presented by Jeff Orlowski to: Liza Mandelup, for Jawline / U.S.A. (Director: Liza Mandelup, Producers: Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Hannah Reyer) — The film follows 16-year-old Austyn Tester, a rising star in the live-broadcast ecosystem who built his following on wide-eyed optimism and teen girl lust, as he tries to escape a dead-end life in rural Tennessee.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing was presented by Alissa Wilkinson to: Todd Douglas Miller, for APOLLO 11 / U.S.A. (Director: Todd Douglas Miller, Producers: Todd Douglas Miller, Thomas Petersen, Evan Krauss) — A purely archival reconstruction of humanity’s first trip to another world, featuring never-before-seen 70mm footage and never-before-heard audio from the mission.

A U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography was presented by Jeff Orlowski to: Luke Lorentzen, Midnight Family / Mexico, U.S.A. (Director: Luke Lorentzen, Producers: Kellen Quinn, Daniela Alatorre, Elena Fortes, Luke Lorentzen) — In Mexico City’s wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help. As they try to make a living in this cutthroat industry, they struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their care.

A still from Midnight Family by Luke Lorentzen, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Luke Lorentzen.
A U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Vision and Craft was presented by Tessa Thompson to: Alma Har’el for her film Honey Boy / U.S.A. (Director: Alma Har’el, Screenwriter: Shia LaBeouf, Producers: Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Anita Gou, Christopher Leggett, Alma Har’el) — A child TV star and his ex-rodeo clown father face their stormy past through time and cinema. Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe.

A U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Collaboration was presented by Dennis Lim to: Director Joe Talbot for his film The Last Black Man in San Francisco / U.S.A. (Director: Joe Talbot, Screenwriters: Joe Talbot, Rob Richert, Producers: Khaliah Neal, Joe Talbot, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh) — Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. Cast: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Danny Glover.

A U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Achievement in Acting was presented by Tessa Thompson to: Rhianne Barreto, for Share / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Pippa Bianco, Producers: Carly Hugo, Tyler Byrne, Matt Parker) — After discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember, sixteen-year-old Mandy must try to figure out what happened and how to navigate the escalating fallout. Cast: Rhianne Barreto, Charlie Plummer, Poorna Jagannathan, J.C. MacKenzie, Nick Galitzine, Lovie Simone.

A World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for No Borders was presented by Maite Alberdi to: Hassan Fazzili, for Midnight Traveler / U.S.A., Qatar, United Kingdom, Canada (Director: Hassan Fazili, Screenwriter: Emelie Mahdavian, Producers: Emelie Mahdavian, Su Kim) — When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili’s head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two young daughters. Capturing their uncertain journey, Fazili shows firsthand the dangers facing refugees seeking asylum and the love shared between a family on the run.

A World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change was presented by Nico Marzano to: Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov, for Honeyland / Macedonia (Directors: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska, Producer: Atanas Georgiev) — When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

A World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography was presented by Nico Marzano to: Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma, for Honeyland / Macedonia (Directors: Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska, Producer: Atanas Georgiev) — When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

A World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Originality was presented by Ciro Guerra to: Makoto Nagahisa, for WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES / Japan (Director and screenwriter: Makoto Nagahisa, Producers: Taihei Yamanishi, Shinichi Takahashi, Haruki Yokoyama, Haruhiko Hasegawa) — Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can’t cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions. Cast: Keita Ninomiya, Satoshi Mizuno, Mondo Okumura, Sena Nakajima.

A World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award was presented by Charles Gillbert to: Alejandro Landes, for Monos / Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Uruguay (Director: Alejandro Landes, Screenwriters: Alejandro Landes, Alexis Dos Santos, Producers: Alejandro Landes, Fernando Epstein, Santiago Zapata, Cristina Landes) — On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow. Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Moisés Arias, Sofia Buenaventura, Deiby Rueda, Karen Quintero, Laura Castrillón.

Read our review of Monos

A World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting was presented by Charles Gillbert to: Krystyna Janda, for Dolce Fine Giornata / Poland (Director: Jacek Borcuch, Screenwriters: Jacek Borcuch, Szczepan Twardoch, Producer: Marta Habior) — In Tuscany, Maria’s stable family life begins to erode as her relationship with a young immigrant develops against a backdrop of terrorism and eroding democracy.

The NEXT Innovator Prize was presented by juror Laurie Anderson to: Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra, for The Infiltrators / U.S.A. (Directors: Alex Rivera, Cristina Ibarra, Screenwriters: Alex Rivera, Aldo Velasco, Producers: Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera, Darren Dean) — A rag-tag group of undocumented youth – Dreamers – deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center. Cast: Maynor Alvarado, Manuel Uriza, Chelsea Rendon, Juan Gabriel Pareja, Vik Sahay.

Karess Bashar appears in Aziza by Soudade Kadaan, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Moe Latouf.

SHORT FILM AWARDS:
Jury prizes and honorable mentions in short filmmaking were presented at a ceremony in Park City on January 29. The Short Film Grand Jury Prize was awarded to: Aziza / Syria, Lebanon (Director: Soudade Kaadan, Screenwriters: Soudade Kaadan, May Hayek). The Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction was presented to: Green / U.S.A. (Director: Suzanne Andrews Correa, Screenwriters: Suzanne Andrews Correa, Mustafa Kaymak). The Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction was presented to: Dunya’s Day / Saudi Arabia, U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Raed Alsemari). The Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction was presented to: Ghosts of Sugar Land / U.S.A. (Director: Bassam Tariq). The Short Film Jury Award: Animation was presented to: Reneepoptosis / U.S.A., Japan (Director and screenwriter: Renee Zhan). Two Special Jury Awards for Directing werepresented to: FAST HORSE / Canada (Director and screenwriter: Alexandra Lazarowich) and The MINORS / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Robert Machoian). The Short Film jurors were Young Jean Lee, Carter Smith and Sheila Vand. The Short Film program is presented by YouTube.

Aziz Capkurt and Erol Afsin appear in Green by Suzanne Andrews Correa, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Marina Piedade.
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SUNDANCE INSTITUTE | ALFRED P. SLOAN FEATURE FILM PRIZE
The 2019 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, presented to an outstanding feature film about science or technology, was presented to The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. The filmmakers received a $20,000 cash award from Sundance Institute with support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE | AMAZON STUDIOS PRODUCERS AWARDS
Carly Hugoand Matt Parker received the 2019 Sundance Institute | Amazon Studios Producers Awards for Feature Film. Lori Cheatle received the 2019 Sundance Institute | Amazon Studios Producers Award for Documentary Film. The award recognizes bold vision and a commitment to continuing work as a creative producer in the independent space, and grants money (via the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program and Documentary Film Program) to emerging producers of films at the Sundance Film Festival.

The Sundance Institute / NHK Award was presented to Planet Korsakov (Japan) / Taro Aoshima.

See all of our Sundance coverage here.

Feb 01

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Salt Lake’s Neon Guy

By Salt Lake Magazine Community

The blue flame glows as Ryan Eastlyn holds a glass tube in the ribbon fire, softening it enough to bend into the shape of a “G” outlined on paper on the table in front of him. This will be the first letter of the word “George,” intended to illuminate the entry of Scott Evans’ new downtown restaurant (a replacement for Finca). The Brimley family has been fashioning neon signs for four generations—Ryan’s father-in-law, David Brimley, watches as Eastlyn works.

You’ve seen Brimley’s work at Temple Inn, Beer Bar, Bar-X and Bodega, to name a few. “There’s a resurgence in neon right now,” says David. His daughter Emily runs the shop while husband Eastlyn makes the art. Crafting neon signs involves lots of handiwork, although neon is a symbol of modernity and urbanism and a signature of mid-century modern design.

“Just think of Route 66,” David says. Neon signs were invented in France at the end of the 19th century—they’re a mixture of gas, glass and electricity. “You can think of them as the aurora borealis in a tube,” says Brimley. 1177 S. 300 West, SLC, 801-466-1761. antiqueneon.com

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Jan 23

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Step into Sundance with Style

By Salt Lake Magazine Sundance

Film festival veterans will confirm, Sundance comes into Utah (and Park City specifically) like a freight train, of sorts. As the already-bustling (or busting) mountain town fills to more-than capacity with industry folk and film lovers. OK you know all that. Here’s the real dilemma of Sundance: How to stay warm and comfortable AND stylish in clothing that can weather snowstorms and winter cold paired with hours of sitting in warm theaters? Plus, adjust for after the sun goes down?

To help untangle this quandary, we went to local fashion pros who have mastered the art of Sundance style.

TIP #1 – LAYER “Bundle up when you’re out, and shed a layer when you are in theaters. A sweater coat that is super warm yet lightweight is a great go-to. A dolman sleeve gives the option of heavier layers.” — Kyong An Millar, Owner, Koo de Ker
INSTA: @koodeker

Vermont Car Coat / Koo de Ker

TIP #2 – BOOTS. NOT. HEELS. “There are some great videos out there of women in high heels trying to walk down Main Street, (like the one above) but I digress. We recommend a waterproof boot with a lug sole like Sam Edelman hikers, DAV equestrian styles or stylish and waterproof Timberlands or Sorels.” —Lori Harris, Owner, Mary Jane’s
INSTA: @maryjanesshoes

Sorels / Nordstrom • Timberlands / Mary Jane’s Shoes

TIP #3 – ROCK THE TRENDS THAT WORK “Now is not the time for cocktail gowns and strappy heels. Even though it’s a star-studded event, it’s definitely laid back. Keep it simple with a blazer, cashmere turtleneck, dark denim and a great boot. Since we are jewelry obsessed, we think you should always polish off your look with some gold hoops and stacked chains.” Katie Waltman, Katie Waltman Boutique
INSTA: @katiewaltman

Katie Waltman

TIP #4 – MUST HAVES All of our fashion experts agree: Wear or bring bling that makes sense. Stylish gloves, fur ascots and roomy bags will all serve you well, whether you are stargazing or tromping through snow and sleet to your next screening.

Hobo Eclipse/Mary Jane’s

Echo Gloves / Mary Jane’s

Fur ascots / Koo de Ker

See all of our Sundance coverage here.

Jan 23

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10 Best Watering Holes at Sundance

By Salt Lake Magazine Arts & Culture, Eat & Drink

It’s always been something of a mystery as to how a tsunami of alcohol is unleashed annually at the Sundance Film Festival. We can only assume that Bob Redford’s legendary charm melts even the hearts of DABC commissioners.

In any case, Hollywood has learned that you can, indeed, get a drink in Utah—at least during Sundance.

Here’s a list of places, published in the Park Record that have gotten some sort of temporary booze licenses for the fest beginning Jan. 19:

Chef Dance, a battle of chefs at which you can rub elbows with B-list celebs
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
Variety Media Lounge
Precious Entertainment
Stella Lounge, at which you might arrange a selfie with a Stella Artois girl.
Chase Sapphire, credit card sponsor
Acura, a luxury car sponsor
Tao, a nightclub infested with celebs that likely won’t let you in
Sundance Institute itself will offer alcohol at various locations to the right people.

Finally, of all things, the Utah Film Commission also received licenses to serve booze, which again proves Utah doesn’t let a little Word of Wisdom get in the way of economic development.

Jan 17

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The War Between Us

By Salt Lake Magazine Salt Lake Magazine

There is trouble in our beloved Republic. Political division heads the list, along with hate crimes, road rage, verbal assaults, old friends who do not visit or not even talk to one another due to political differences, holidays that are bereft of family for the same reason. You can add mass shootings, spousal and clerical abuse. I could go on and on with this litany of societal maladies but everyone, I mean everyone, realizes that there is trouble in America.

Hot button issues like immigration, freedom of speech, health care and more divide us; the wider the gap, the more extreme (and dug in) people’s positions become. People raise constitutional issues, yet civics is no longer taught in schools. People do not understand how the government works, and most do not trust it.

I wonder what is going to bring our fractured America back to civility—not to the Ozzie and Harriet fantasy but to a time when we can at least listen to one another. I don’t have all the answers but I’m going to suggest a television series that every American should view,

especially our high school students. It’s Ken Burns PBS documentary, “The War”. This seven-part series, six-years in the making, chronicles the impact on four WWII families from Waterbury, CT, Mobile, AL, Sacramento, CA and Luverne, MN.

The tapestry of this horrible four years is woven together through the experiences of these families whose sons fought in this war where 417,000 American lives were lost. America came together then, mobilized and, to a person, made sacrifices to support our soldiers to defeat the Germans under Hitler in Europe and Africa and the Japanese throughout the vast Pacific. We were one country then, united, working toward a common objective. Although we do not need another great war to unite us as a nation, this series is a poignant reminder of how much we could do if we worked together.

Our automotive companies were shut down for four years to produce tanks and military vehicles. Airplanes were produced every 59 minutes. Ships were built in Mobile, brass factories in Waterbury produced bullets and shells. Women worked grueling industrial jobs while their children were tended to in homes and churches.

It wasn’t all one big happy family though—even then. On the darker side, Japanese families in California were interned in camps. Segregation remained at home and on the battlefield. One black man commented that he was fighting for freedom in the world for a country that didn’t recognize him.

For the most part, however, America stood together for our flag and our freedom. American factories were closed in order to produce planes, ships, weapons. There was rationing of sugar, rubber for tires, butter, gas, nylons, etc. Americans were issued ration stamps. To fight wars on two fronts created great hardship, enduring pain and sacrifice. However, the resilience, teamwork and discipline of this country’s citizens depicted in this series are remarkable. It is what we need today and we don’t realize it. We are a country under siege. The very freedoms our dads and moms fought for has been forgotten.

Salt Lake Magazine

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